Patenting Medical and Genetic Diagnostic Methods

Eddy D. Ventose (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2013
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78100-177-6 (ISBN)

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This well-researched book explores in detail the issue of patenting medical and genetic diagnostic methods in the United States.It examines decisions of the Patent Office Boards of Appeal and the early courts on the question of whether medical treatments were eligible for patent protection under section 101 of the Patents Act. It then traces the legislative history of the Medical Procedures and Affordability Act that provided immunity for physicians from patent infringement suits. After considering the Supreme Court's jurisprudence on patent eligibility, the book then comprehensively sets out how the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court have dealt with the issue, paying close attention to the Supreme Court's recent decision in Bilski and Prometheus.

Being the first book to comprehensively cover patenting medical methods, it will appeal to patent agents, patent attorneys, solicitors and barristers working in patent and medical law worldwide, medical practitioners and healthcare professionals, in-house legal and regulatory departments of pharmaceutical companies. Researchers and managers in the chemical, medical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, as well as academics specializing in medical law or patent law, will also find much to interest them in this book.

Eddy D. Ventose, formerly Professor of Law and Head, Intellectual Property Unit, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados

Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Initial Determination 3. Legislative Intervention 4. Patent-Eligibility 5. Consideration by the Federal Circuit 6. Consideration by the Supreme Court 7. Conclusions Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2013
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-78100-177-4 / 1781001774
ISBN-13	978-1-78100-177-6 / 9781781001776
Zustand	Neuware